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Problem Description
The thin plate (70 35) shown below is exposed to a temperature of 25 degree. When
the temperature reaches 150 degree, the plate will have expansion. A fixed boundary
condition of the top plate will cause changes in stress field. The thermal expansion
coefficient is . Plot the stress filed at 150 degree.
r = 7.5
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ABAQUS Analysis Steps
1. Start Abaqus and choose to create a new model database
2. In the model tree double click on the “Parts” node (or right click on “parts” and
select Create)
3. In the Create Part dialog box name the part and
a. Select “2D Planar”
b. Select “Deformable”
c. Select “Shell”
d. Set approximate size = 100
e. Click “Continue…”
b. Assign section
7. Assembly
a. Create Instance part
8. Create Step
a. Create loading step, accept default setting
9. Under Load Module,
Create initial temperature field:
a. Create predefined field to define the initial temperature 25 degree, select
“Predefined field” in main menu (as shown below), select “Create”